Handle structure for sadirons and the like



Feb. 13, 1940. R. l; HUFFMAN 2,190,361

HANDLE STRUCTURE FOR SADIRONS AND THE LIKE Filed April 11/ 1938 Patented Feb. 1940 I UNITED/STATES PATENT orrie E.

" HAND-LE STRUCTURE FOR SADIRONS AND THE Linnv e Russell 1. Huflman Dover, Ohio, assignor to Knapp-Monarch. Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application April 11, 1938, Serial No. 201,389

2 Claims.

An object of. my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensively manufactured and assembled handle structure particularly adapted for member in the form of a pair of handle elements for contact with opposite faces of a handle bow,

" one oi the handle elements beingchannel-shaped for rec'eiving'ithe handle portion of the handle bow and embracing opposite side edges of the other handleelement whereby the complete handie member entirely encloses the handle portion of the bow;

Withthese and other objects in view m invention consists in the construction, arrange- 1 ment and combination of the various parts of my handle structure whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully setvforth, pointed out in my claims and il1us-' trated in the accompanying drawing. Although the invention is susceptible of a variety of em.-

. bodiments, it is unnecessary tofully describe and illustrate more than one in order to give a full understanding of the invention both from its structural and functional standpoints; Accordingly, I have illustrated a preferred and desirable embodiment of the invention in my drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sadiron with my improved handle structure mounted thereon. Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional .view through the handle and portions of the. iron showing the construction of the handle and the attachment thereof to the iron. I

Figure 3 is a plan view of the handleper se; Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof; and

Figure 5 is a sectionalview on the line 55 of Figure 2.

On the accompanying'drawing I have used the reference character S to indicate generally a sadiron. a shell l2. My handle structure is indicated gen erally at E. It comprises a handle bow having at its front end a supporting portion M and extending rearwardly from the supporting portion,

a handle portion It. The supporting portion 14 is adapted to be secured to the sadiron S in any suitable manner. By way of illustration I show The sadiron S includes a sole plate and a rivet I5 which secures the handle bow to the shell l2 of the sadiron. ,7 7

On the handle portion [6 I provide a. handle member comprising two separate handle elements I 1 and 18. The handle bow is preferably formed of inexpensive material such as strap iron and theliandleportion l 6 thereof is somewhat curved as it is desirable to have thejhandle elements I! and it formed on a curvature forcomfort of the user when grasping the handle of the iron.

The handle element [1 is substantially rectangular in cross section as shown in Figure'5,

while the handle element I3 is channel-shaped. The channel shape of the handle element l8 provides flanges 19 which enclosethe side edges of the handle portion it of the'handle bow and embrace the side edges of the handle element l1. Thusthe metal handle portion 16 is entirely enclosed by the handle members ll and i8 which are formed of wood or other suitable insulating material and thereby minimize the transmission of heat from the metallic supporting portion M of the handle bow to the hand ofthe user.v

For securing the handle elements." and I8 in position on the handle bow, I provide bolts 2!}. The heads andnuts. of the bolts are preferably countersunk in sockets 2| and 22 of the handle members IT and I8 as illustrated in Figure 2. This prevents transmission of heat. from the bolts to the hand of the user.

portion iii of the handle bow may have enlarged openings 23 for the bolts whereby to avoid metallic contact between thehandle bow and the bolts. 1

e As a further means to' minimize such transmission of heat, the handle For supporting the rear end of the handle bow 7 I provide a supporting plate 24. may be riveted to the shell I2 as by rivet 25 and may be formed of sheet metal. The plate 24 may also include a protector member 26 ,for the terminal prongs 21 of the sadiron. The plate 24 has a flange 23 which is interposed between the handle portion it of the handle bow and the handle element l8. The handle of the iron is thereby supported at its rear end after the rear bolt 26 is assembled in position and tightened.

My structure eliminates the necessity of providing a long tie bolt threaded through the bow of a sadiron handle, eliminates any possibility of rotation of the handle relative to the handle The plate 24 bow and provides within the handle member a j rigid reinforcement against bending of the handle whenever the iron is dropped on the floor. All of these advantages are obtained with my structure which is very inexpensive to manufacture.

a fiat handle portion and a supporting portion at one end thereof and a handle member for said handle portion comprising a pair of handle elements on opposite faces of said handle portion, bolts extending through said handle elements and said handle portion to retain said parts assembled together and a supporting member for said other end of said handle bow having a' flange retained between one of said handle elements and i said handle portion of said handle bow by one I of saidbolts.

2. In a handle structure, a handle member comprising a pair of handle elements, bolts extending through said handle elements to retain them assembled together, and means for mounting said handle member comprising a handle bow I r and a supporting member; said handle bow having a handle portion received and retained be-,

tween said handle elements and asupporting portion at one end of said handle member, and said supporting member being provided for the other j end of said handle member and having a-flange received and retained between said handle elements thereof.

RUSSELL I. HUFFMAN. 

